This press release announces that the
Executive Board of the World Bank approved the previous week
ninety million US dollars loan for the first phase of the
Lake Victoria...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165506Date: March 10, 2009
The objective of the Nanning-Guangzhou
Railway Project for China is to provide additional transport
capacity and reduce transport time between the less
developed western...
Under a succession of reform-minded
governments, the Bulgarian rail sector has achieved some
ambitious targets-stable traffic volumes and hard-won
financial stability...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 69686Date: March 3, 2009
This Trade and Transport Integration
Project corridor newsletter includes some of the following
headlines: record cargo throughput in the port of Ploce; new
mobile harbour...
Food policy often depends on markets and
markets depend on institutions. But how good do institutions
have to be before reforms can be launched? Relying on well
timed...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4876Date: March 1, 2009Author:
Larson, Donald F. ;
Sarris, Alexander
This study reviews regulatory
instruments designed to reduce environmental externalities
from the transport sector. The study finds that the main
regulatory instruments...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4867Date: March 1, 2009Author:
Timilsina, Govinda R. ;
Dulal, Hari B.
Although Cambodia's private sector
provides 92 percent of all jobs, has contributed greatly to
Cambodia's average of 10 percent growth for last five
years, and has helped...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 54407Date: March 1, 2009Author:
Bishop, Ann
The recent rapid increases in global oil
prices seriously impacted world economies. Despite a more
recent price decrease, many countries are aiming to
transition to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 50034Date: March 1, 2009
This report provides an analysis of
urban transport funding and distributional issues in Madrid.
It consolidates some of the key findings of the existing
literature,...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 70725Date: March 1, 2009Author:
Munoz-Raskin,Ramon ;
Perez De Villar, Pablo ;
Serebrisky,Tomas S. ;
Vassallo,Jose Manuel
This feasibility study report was
prepared for a proposed by-pass around Volgograd city, to be
done under a public-private partnerships (PPP) arrangement,
with the objectives...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70111Date: March 1, 2009
This report is the primary output from
the climate change impact and adaptation study for the
Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR) produced for the Bangkok
Metropolitan...
Type: Strategic Environmental Assessment/AnalysisReport#: 50898Date: March 1, 2009
Since 2002, International Finance
Corporation (IFC), the private arm of the World Bank Group,
has supported sustainable investment initiatives in the
financial industry....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 52194Date: March 1, 2009Author:
Birgden, Helga ;
Guyatt,Danyelle ;
Jia, Xinting
This diagnosis and advocacy policy note
highlights key issues in the Djiboutian telecommunications
sector and suggests possible recommendations for policy and
regulatory...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 68709Date: March 1, 2009
Throughout the financial crisis, new
private activity has continued to take place in developing
countries with projects being tendered and brought to
financial closure....
Type: BriefReport#: 51763Date: March 1, 2009Author:
Izaguirre, Ada Karina
This press release announces that the
World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a new
Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for Benin on February 26,
2009. Designed...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167542Date: February 26, 2009
Nigeria's vision of 2020 is a bold
desire to be among the top twenty economies by the year
2020. The economy has posted impressive growth figures since
2003 driven by...
Type: PublicationReport#: 47607Date: February 24, 2009Author:
Iarossi, Giuseppe ;
Mousley, Peter ;
Radwan, Ismail
Infrastructure needs in the Philippines
must be addressed to ensure long term economic growth. After
several years of fiscal pressure, the Philippines is now in
a position...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 47281Date: February 24, 2009
The primary purposes of this study were
two-fold: i) to identify some of the key issues and
challenges being faced by New Member States (NMS) in the
management of their...
Type: Other Public Sector StudyReport#: 47611Date: February 20, 2009Author:
Laursen, Thomas ;
Myers, Bernard
This primer is a tool for city
governments in the East Asia Region to better understand how
to plan for climate change impacts and impending natural
disasters through...
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